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With Dirk Nowitzki’s career with the Dallas Mavericks winding down, Mark Cuban and company desperately needed to find a player to whom he could pass the torch in order to keep the team relevant with a winning culture moving forward.
Fortunately, the Mavericks were able to land a gem in the form of international superstar Luka Doncic, who immediately became a star on the NBA level after the team brought him in through the NBA Draft via trade with the Atlanta Hawks.
The team has never looked back since bringing in Doncic, as he was able to take over for Nowitzki immediately, even though the German legend wasn’t sure the Slovenian product would be able to transcend his game at the NBA level.
Nowitzki recently made an appearance on the “All The Smoke” podcast and talked about playing with Doncic in Dallas during the twilight of his career and shared his thoughts on how everything went down along with what his expectations were for the versatile youngster.
The Mavericks legend made a comment about their friendship that Doncic couldn’t help but respond to on Twitter.
@swish41 you guess we are friends? https://t.co/m7VkwGNeDu
— Luka Doncic (@luka7doncic) December 4, 2023
Even though they didn’t get to share the floor together in their prime, Doncic definitely benefited from soaking up the knowledge from Nowitzki at the tail end of his Hall of Fame career in the NBA.
The only question now is whether he can follow in Nowitzki’s footsteps and bring another NBA title to Dallas at some point during his career, as the pressure is starting to mount for the Mavericks.
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